Module I: Reading and Writing

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Ghost Dance, written by playwright and Annette Arkeketa Tribe member Annette Arkeketa, gets its title from a ceremony performed in the late 1800s by Native American peoples as an act of resistance against the US government. The play tells of a corporate lawyer who returns home, reconnects with her family, and uses her legal ___ to help her tribe.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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proceedings
incentives
monopoly
prowess
Hieroglyphs, the Ancient Egyptian writing system, utilized both letters and symbols and contained an estimated 1,000 characters. Before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, an ancient stone slab containing a royal decree translated into three languages, these hieroglyphs had been largely ___; once the stone was analyzed, linguists could finally begin to understand the meaning of the mysterious symbols.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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completed
incomprehensible
significant
responsible
Publicly accessible satellite imagery such as Google Earth has enabled scientists to document over 300 previously unknown desert kites, giant stone walls that can be up to several miles long and are often in the shape of a kite. Most archaeologists theorize these desert kites were used to trap wild animals, while some others propose that these structures were used to contain livestock; unfortunately, there is little evidence to ___ either claim.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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invoke
necessitate
corroborate
withdraw
The following text is adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion
MRS. PEARCE: Well, sir, whatever you choose to call it, I beg you not to let the girl hear you repeat it.
HIGGINS: Oh, very well, very well. Is that all?
MRS. PEARCE: No, sir. We shall have to be very particular with this girl as to personal cleanliness.
HIGGINS: Certainly. Quite right. Most important.
MRS. PEARCE: I mean not be slovenly about her dress or untidy in leaving things about.
As used in the text, what does the word “slovenly” most nearly mean?
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Tasteful
Sympathetic
Informal
Unkempt
The following text is adapted from Anton Chekhov’s 1887 short story The Lottery Ticket. Ivan Dmitritch has a lottery ticket for which the first numbers match the winning number, but it is still uncertain whether his ticket is a winning ticket.
And pictures came crowding on Ivan’s imagination, each more gracious and poetical than the last. And in all these pictures he saw himself well-fed, serene, healthy, felt warm, even hot. Here, after eating a summer soup, cold as ice, he lay on his back on the burning sand close to a stream or in the garden under a lime-tree… It is hot… His little boy and girl are crawling about near him, digging in the sand or catching ladybirds in the grass. He dozes sweetly, thinking of nothing, and feeling all over that he need not go to the office today, tomorrow, or the day after. Or, tired of lying still, he goes to the hayfield or to the forest for mushrooms.
Which choice best characterizes the overall structure of the text?
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It portrays a character falling asleep after eating well and then describes this character waking up to go to work.
It depicts a character considering how his life might change and then describes specific fantasies about this character’s future lifestyle.
It explains a character’s thoughts about winning the lottery and then describes this character’s somber mood after not winning.
It explains a character’s inspiration for purchasing a lottery ticket and then highlights his family’s excitement about potentially winning the lottery.
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